Section
General Provisions
31.001 Appointments
31.002 Surrender and assumption of office
31.003 Bonds; oaths; approval of bonds
31.004 Indemnification of all officers, city employees and members of the Volunteer Fire Department
31.005 Reports to City Council
Attorney
31.020 Duties and powers
Finance Director; City Clerk
31.035 Duties and powers of Finance Director
31.036 Duties and powers of City Clerk
City Engineer
31.050 Duties and powers
City Physician
31.065 Duties and powers
City Administrator
31.080 Office established
31.081 Duties, responsibilities and powers
31.082 Appointment of Acting City Administrator
31.083 Compensation
Removal From Office
31.095 Removal from office
31.096 Charge for removal of elected officials
31.097 Notice
31.098 Hearing
31.099 Failure to appear
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of a majority of the City Council, at the second regular meeting of the City Council at which the Mayor shall after the Mayor’s election preside, the following city officers: Engineer; Attorney; Physician; City; Finance Director; and City Administrator, each of whom shall hold office for the balance of the term of the Mayor or until sooner removed.
(B) The Mayor shall appoint at such time and in such manner as provided by the provisions of this code:
(1) A Chief of the Fire Department, Assistant Chief of the Fire Department and safety trainer;
(2) Chief of Police; and
(3) Such other officers, board members and city employees as may be provided for by the provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 31.001) (Ord. 96-22, passed 6-3-1996; Ord. 02-03, passed 2-4-2002; Ord. 05-20, passed 3-21-2005)
Each appointive officer shall immediately upon the appointment and qualification of the officer’s successor surrender the office on demand to that successor, and it is hereby made the duty of each incoming appointive officer immediately upon appointment to qualify and assume the office and make a demand therefor. In no case shall an appointive officer be considered as holding over the entire term, but the officer shall hold over until the officer’s successor is appointed and qualifies.
(Prior Code, § 31.002)
(A) Each of the following officers shall give bond in proper form and to be approved, provided the bonds for the several officers shall be in the penal sum as follows: City Council member, $1,000; Finance Director, $25,000; City Clerk, $25,000; or in such amounts as may be amended from time to time by the City Council.
(B) The bonds and oaths of appointive officers shall be filed with the Clerk immediately upon their appointment and before entering by them upon the duties of their offices, and the bonds and oaths of elective officers shall be filed with the Clerk within the time prescribed by statute for their qualifications. Officers, elective or appointive, who are required to give bonds shall file their official oath in writing therewith. All such officers as are not required to give bond shall file their official oath in writing in the office of the Clerk. No officer shall be deemed to have qualified until the officer has complied with the terms of this chapter as to bonds and oaths.
(Prior Code, § 31.003) (Ord. 05-54, passed 11-7-2005)
Statutory reference:
Appointed officers, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 16-308, 16-309 and 16-310
The city shall indemnify all elected and appointed officers, all city employees and members of the Volunteer Fire Department of the city with respect to threatened, pending or completed civil or criminal proceedings to the fullest extent as permitted by law. The city’s responsibility to indemnify the elected and appointed officers, city employees and members of the Volunteer Fire Department shall be subject to the following terms and conditions.
(A) (1) The city shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was the Mayor, a member of the City Council or an elected or appointed officer, city employee or member of the Volunteer Fire Department, other than an action instituted by the city against the person.
(2) The city shall indemnify the person against expenses, including attorney fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner not opposed to the best interest of the city, except that no indemnification shall be made or required in respect by a court of law to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person’s duty to the city. Provided, however, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person shall be indemnified provided that the person had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful.
(3) The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner serving the best interest of the city, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.
(B) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the city in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized above, upon receipt of a statement of expenses incurred by or on behalf of the person who is or was the Mayor, a member of the City Council, an elected or appointed officer, city employee or member of the Volunteer Fire Department of the city to repay the amount unless it is ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the city as authorized in this chapter.
(C) The indemnification provided by this chapter shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the person indemnified may be entitled under any agreement as to action in the person’s official capacity and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be the Mayor, a member of the City Council, an elected or appointed officer, city employee or a member of the Volunteer Fire Department of the city and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of the person.
(Prior Code, § 31.004) (Ord. 96-37, passed 12-16-1996)
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